The Case Against Tim Pawlenty

The other potential flaw [with Bernstein's analysis] is in assuming that name recognition itself is something exogenous from candidate quality. In plain English: the fact that a candidate hasn’t been very successful at getting voters to recognize his name is often a sign that he is an unremarkable candidate.

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